20 February 2021 2:54 pm / 104 comments
Believe it or not, the Perodua Ativa D55L is priced cheaper here in Malaysia compared to its Japanese counterparts in their home market. Made official yesterday, Perodua’s new compact SUV has an estimated price range of between RM62,500 and RM73,400. In Japan, the Daihatsu Rocky goes for the equivalent of RM65k to RM82k, while the Toyota Raize is surprisingly slightly cheaper at RM64k to RM80k.
UPDATE:
This is definitely a unique situation, as it’s not something that we can say often, with Malaysian car prices and taxation being the way it is. Usually, we report the opposite: model X launched in country Y at (a ridiculously low) RMxxk. Unless of course, we are talking about car launches in Singapore and more recently, Thailand as well (though that has more to do with the weakening ringgit than anything else).
19 February 2021 10:02 am / 154 comments
Perodua D55L render
It’s official. Perodua has announced that its much-anticipated ‘D55L’ SUV is now open for booking, at the same time releasing first details on the Daihatsu Rocky-based model. Known by its internal codename so far, the SUV’s real name is still under wraps (some are saying it’s Perodua Ativa), but we now know that the D55L will be available in three variants – X, H, AV – at prices estimated between
RM62,500 and RM73,400, on-the-road without insurance, with sales tax exemption.
UPDATE 1:
The D55L’s name is out as the Perodua Ativa, along with more details and specs here
19 February 2021 11:51 pm / 74 comments
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Like a cue to let loose, Perodua’s sales personnel are out in full force to win those bookings for the D55L SUV, which the order books were opened for today. They are armed with this leaflet, which appears to be a genuine flyer.
UPDATE 1:
The same images have now appeared on Perodua’s website, but curiously without the Ativa name. Article updated with the new teaser images below.
UPDATE 2:
If so, the car’s name is out, and the SUV we’ve known all this while by its D55L codename is the Perodua Ativa. What do you think of the name? Like it or not, this also means that the Kembara name will not be revived. “Activate Every Destination” is the tagline, although I can’t wrap my head around that one.
16 December 2020 12:18 pm / Comments are Disabled
Wait no more, because there’s no better time than now to get yourself a new Perodua. Why so? Because the market leader is offering cash redemption of up to RM2,200 in its December promo, and this is also the last call for the 2020 sales tax exemption by the government.
The Aruz SUV is being offered with cash redemption of RM2,200 for the Aruz X and RM2,000 for the range-topping Aruz AV. As the seven-seater is a Malaysian-made car, you will also enjoy maximum SST exemption savings – before the cash rebates, the Aruz is priced at RM68,526 for the X and RM73,226 for the AV, 6% lower than the regular price.